Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-30
The DEFAMERS OF KANSAS,

| The EAGLE has frequently called after
tion to the assaults that are made on th
state of Kansas ard her people. Once W
refe rred to this matter and called it bonn
bardment. This idea seemed to be take
as good joke and if it had any effect
was only to increase the number of thes
assaults. A great many of these storie
m ore particularly those hurled at this cit,
through the columns of various newspa
pers throughout the country are mer
batch of lies, to ridiculous to deserve an,
notice whatever, and are Matched by SOM
unreliable scamp who is seeking nOtoriety
through Infamous lying. There are PEG
pie and newspapers even in this state wht
have lost no occasion TO help along thil
defamation of Wichita. The EAGLE ha!
never been able to comprehend wherein
Wichita could be benefited at the expense
of any other section of Kansas Were any
city in this state that consideres itself 9
commercial competitor against Wichita
ODltSIdecu VIC Cdu SEC WuClefu " lCultd
would be injured, but We
have never been able to conceive
wherein this city would be benefited by
such calamity. There are people, how
er, so Influenced by jealousy, an accompa-
niment of small mind, that they mag
Inc their prosperity is advanced by the adj
versity of their neighbor. They even i'm
agine their own reputation more valued If
they cali defame the character of some one
else. An editorial in a recent number of
he Dubuque Herald is fair representa-.
tive of thit sort of newspaper writing. The
editor of that paper gloats over the pros
pect of failure Of the corn crop in Kan
sas from the drouth and expects great ben
efts to come to Iowa in consequence
Now it is not necessary that Kansas should
have a failure Of crops In order to boom
Iowa. 1t is not any disadvantages in Kan
sas that can recommend Iowa That state,
like Kansas, must stand or fall on its own
resources. The Dubuque Herald says:
The indications are that the booming
times of Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota
are drawing to a close. and that these
states and territory will settle down to a
steady growth On strict merits The boom
beyond the Missouri for the past few years
has been disadvantage to Iowa in certain
respects, hindering the more rapid growth
1t otherwise might enjoyed. People had
ba noHp}o
rushed on to settle on their soil regardless
of the fact that Iowa possessed not only
better land but better advantages all
around. But the fever could not be abated,
and Iowa has had to wait until experience
proved its superiority over the trans Mis-
souri, neighbors.
The condition of the corn crop this year
in Iowa and Kansas shows wherein the
former state is superior. 4 month ago the
crops In each state promised their best
Both were good stand and good color.
Kansas the soil looked WELL rain had
been plentiful and being lower in climate
than Iowa, their crop was further advanced
and promised even better than that of our
state. But the drouth that fell upon both
states has shown up the staying qualities of
their lands. We all know how nobly that
of Iowa stood the test, how, even after a
drouth of two seasons, our corn crop is
promising as well as In any year. In Kan
sas, Notwithstanding plenty of rain last
season the drouth of this summer and the
hot, dry winds from the south and south
west have parched the soil and the corn
crop that looked so well but month ago
is well nigh ruined.
All this is in line with what the Herald
has referred to several times before, that
the rage for Kansas and Dakota is over,
that Iowa lands and Iowa towns will come
to the front again on their merits and that
the immediate Mississippi valley region
will have growth and a boom that will
rapidly advance it. And of this growth
the Mississippi river cities and towns will
get full benefit.
Kansas has never tried to build herself
up by crying down any other section. This
great state has stood on its own merits.
The fertility of our soil has been estab-
lished by an array of statistics that told
their own story, Kansas people have only
asked their perusal and left the world to
Judge. Why don't the Herald tell of the
advantages of its own state instead of try
Ing to injure Kansas. We have nothing to
say against Iowa AS for Kansas here she
is Look at her twenty years record,
LEAVENWORTH TROUBLES.